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St Brides Bay

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The northern and southern shores of the bay are mainly rocky in nature, backed by cliffs up to 250 feet (76 m) high. Its eastern shore comprises a series of large and small sandy beaches between rocky sections.
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which was designated in 1951 in recognition of the outstanding quality of its landscape. Much of the coastline is also defined as
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and igneous origin. In contrast, the eastern shore is formed from the more readily eroded rocks of
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British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map series of England and Wales, sheets 209
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Peninsula marks the southern limit of the bay whilst its northern limit is marked by
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The geological exposures around the bay reveal great complexity with considerable
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or the mainland extremity of Wooltack Point at the western end of the
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but include a small section of shales and sandstones assigned to the
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in age. Those in the north comprise a series of Precambrian and
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Photographs of St Brides Bay and surrounding area on Geograph
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age together with a suite of both intrusive and extrusive
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St. Bride's Bay

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Welsh
bay
Pembrokeshire
West Wales
Skomer Island
Marloes
Ramsey Island
St David's Head
folding
faulting
strata
sandstones
Ordovician
Devonian
igneous
Precambrian
Cambrian
sedimentary
Carboniferous
mudstones
Coal Measures
Millstone Grit Series
Pembrokeshire Coalfield
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
heritage coast
special area of conservation

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